First Ever Video Footage (1893) of New York Fire Brigade

[mujawooja]

this is first ever film 1893 not first video footage

[Klinkerklunk]

I wonder if anyone there is still around today?

[CJReviewz]

1936

[TigerRocket]

The trolley marked 'Clinton Avenue' places this scene in Brooklyn a.k.a. East New York, an independent city until consolidation in 1898.

[crasher1in]

I did this too, i red dead redemption.

[itsGdublan]

what i dont understand is the quality of these videos. how did the camera's of that time film in such hd?

[Chillagher]

@itsGdublan Remember getting photo negatives before the invention of digital cameras? Did you ever wonder why your 8x10 prints were so well defined coming from such a tiny negative? Film can be enlarged quite a bit without losing its fidelity. Unlike digital photos and videos, it isn't limited by numbers of pixels. (like for example, a blu-ray movie or a youtube video.)

[smellthedailyfresh]

@Chillagher Film also has something similar to pixels, depending on the speed of the film, the faster the film, the largerer the photoreactive particals, less clarity of definition. Slower film means more detail. They can probably do the same thing with digital, but you pay more for more expensive equipment.

[pranshavs]

OMG obsereve the high FPS camera

[nightkraawler]

those green engines were a bit slow ..but what the hay

[LemonLimeGrl]

"a thrilling dash" hahaha

[lyricallysikh1]

I only knew about this channel because of vsauce!

[coach9087]

DONT FORGET TO THANK VSAUSE... BRITISHPATHE 

[rbnsc1]

a lot has changed in 43 years.

[TheTramsen]

@rbnsc1 I kno its amazing rly :) tecnology is future

[potsmoker5000]

@rbnsc1 LOL, i remember this like it was yesterday.

[FoxrainFuture]

Its really amazing to see a piece of film from 118 years ago. the world has changed so much in this (relatively) short amount of time!

[ArtypNk]

Damn, looks like half HD. 

[FortWayneful]

Imagine how long it took to notify the firemen of an actual fire... then they'd have to get their horses ready and gallop through town. Was their a designated bell ringer? Geez... 43 years ago things were different.

[ArtypNk]

@FortWayneful

No skyscrapers meant the skyline was open. A watch would look out for smoke, and if he spotted any, fire-fighters would dispatch. 

[renumeratedfrog]

How time flies!

[MatheusBond]

Wow, 1893... 43 years ago.

[BillieJoeIsHawt]

@MatheusBond are u retarted or something?

[MatheusBond]

@BillieJoeIsHawt No, I'm 1936. I'm just repeating what the narrator said in the video.

[MatheusBond]

@BillieJoeIsHawt Also, *retarded.

[Mamadhero]

I love that the speakers voice is the same in every old clip!

[theshugchannel]

thank you for uploading this

[HCDHR]

First video footage even in HD

[MrNotoriousNinja]

@HCDHR It's a conspiracy i'm tellin you!

[ColoredStripes]

@HCDHR WHAHAHAHAHAHA GOOD ONE XD

[tamayon2]

@britishpathe Tell me if i'm wrong but i think the short video clips from the Thomas Edison laboratory were the first videos, not this one. The ones from people doing excersizes and other things.

[funnyz]

@tamayon2 This is the first video of the NY Fire Brigade

[oassapp]

@Connecticutian WOW, YOU ARE FUNNY!

[CrazyDelcyTV]

for some reason i always thought those mustaches being a trend back then was a some sort of myth... like dinosaurs or something. huh! interesting.

[suckabustaakadd]

@Connecticutian lame shit

[otaklub]

Vsauce Army not dead.

[ghidfg]

@otaklub looool

[weeziteer]

@otaklub What? i dont get it...

[GameDependable]

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[IIstikerII360]

Coolio!

[Esgarothares]

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